Adventures in city cycling

Bike-a-bee founder attacked while bicycling

Jana of Bike-a-bee, who I wrote about last year, was attacked this week while riding her bike in Logan Square. A passenger in an SUV leaned out the window and grabbed Jana by her backpack, dragging her on her bike for several seconds. When she crashed into a parked car and hit the ground, she could hear the men laughing as they drove away. They have not been caught, but the police have upgraded the incident from hit-and-run to aggravated battery.

This incident is horrifying, a sad reminder of how awful some people can be and how vulnerable we are on the roads.

Oh my god, this is awful! I can’t even begin to understand why someone would do something like this. I hope Jena recovers and can find the comfort and joy of her bike again despite this terrible incident! I’m so sorry to hear this, Jena!

What I find disturbing about this is that it’s not the usual ‘Cars Vs Bikes’ horror story, it’s somebody who saw a vulnerable woman and decided to hurt and frighten her just because they could. It’s a far more worrying psychology than road rage. Yuck.

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